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Tough yarns, vol. 2 (of 2) : $b A series of naval tales and sketches to please all hands, from the swabs on the shoulders down to the swabs in the headBarker, M. H. (Matthew Henry)

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Tough yarns, vol. 2 (of 2) : $b A series of naval tales and sketches to please all hands, from the swabs on the shoulders down to the swabs in the head

Name: Tough yarns, vol. 2 (of 2) : $b A series of naval tales and sketches to please all hands, from the swabs on the shoulders down to the swabs in the head
Author: Barker, M. H. (Matthew Henry)

Barker, M. H. (Matthew Henry)

Sea stories, English; Seafaring life -- Fiction

“If we were to point out one romance of the day which more than another
would become a Christian pastor to write, it is this last production
of Mr. Scargill’s. It is written in a subdued and gentle spirit of
faith and charity. It is pregnant with unaffected piety: passion there
is not in it; but there is the presence of a quiet and deep love;
that blessed spirit walks, breathes, and has its being throughout the
whole book.... The reader must be prepared for the absence of exciting
events; his mood must be in harmony with the work: he must read slowly,
pencil in hand, to mark the holy and eloquent passages that occur. He
must consider himself reading a tale which, without the pedantry of a
preacher, is suffused with the spirit of some beautiful homily. He will
feel, as he proceeds, no very exciting interest; no hurried emotion:
but when he has closed the last page, he will find his soul insensibly
soothed, and, as it were, _Christianized_ over.”--_The Author of
Pelham._

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                         In Two Volumes, 12mo.

                               THE BABOO;
            AND OTHER TALES DESCRIPTIVE OF SOCIETY IN INDIA.

“The Baboo is not only an interesting novel, but a clear and clever
sketch of society in Calcutta. The writer has been trained in a good
school; there is an impress of truth throughout, which shows that the
author was drawing from nature, not from fancy.”--_Spectator._

“We conscientiously and heartily recommend this very superior work to
the notice of the public. It is a delightful Indian companion to the
Don Quixote of Spain, the Gil Blas of France, and the Hajji Baba of
Persia; and quite equal to them all.”

“This work is second to none in graphic powers. The Baboo himself
is a perfect study. It is founded on facts, and true to nature; and
altogether a work of no common order.”--_Metropolitan._

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                            IN PREPARATION,

                               THE GIFT;
             A CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR’S PRESENT, FOR 1836.

        Edited by MISS LESLIE, author of “PENCIL SKETCHES,” &c.

The publishers have the promise of articles from many of the most
popular authors of the day. The ILLUSTRATIONS are in the hands of some
of the most eminent engravers, and no expense will be spared to render
the work in every respect equal to the foreign productions of the same
class.

                       *     *     *     *     *

                         In Two Volumes, 12mo.

                                MAKANNA;
                      OR, THE LAND OF THE SAVAGE.

“One of the most interesting and graphic romances it has been our lot
to read for many a year.”--_Athenæum._

“There was yet an untrodden land for the writer of fiction, and the
author of ‘Makanna’ is its discoverer.”--_Atlas._

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Tough yarns, vol. 2 (of 2) : $b A series of naval tales and sketches to please all hands, from the swabs on the shoulders down to the swabs in the headBarker, M. H. (Matthew Henry)

General

Tough yarns, vol. 2 (of 2) : $b A series of naval tales and sketches to please all hands, from the swabs on the shoulders down to the swabs in the head

Barker, M. H. (Matthew Henry)

Sea stories, English; Seafaring life -- Fiction

“If we were to point out one romance of the day which more than another
would become a Christian pastor to write, it is this last production
of Mr. Scargill’s. It is written in a subdued and gentle spirit of
faith and charity. It is pregnant with unaffected piety: passion there
is not in it; but there is the presence of a quiet and deep love;
that blessed spirit walks, breathes, and has its being throughout the
whole book.... The reader must be prepared for the absence of exciting
events; his mood must be in harmony with the work: he must read slowly,
pencil in hand, to mark the holy and eloquent passages that occur. He
must consider himself reading a tale which, without the pedantry of a
preacher, is suffused with the spirit of some beautiful homily. He will
feel, as he proceeds, no very exciting interest; no hurried emotion:
but when he has closed the last page, he will find his soul insensibly
soothed, and, as it were, _Christianized_ over.”--_The Author of
Pelham._

                       *     *     *     *     *

                         In Two Volumes, 12mo.

                               THE BABOO;
            AND OTHER TALES DESCRIPTIVE OF SOCIETY IN INDIA.

“The Baboo is not only an interesting novel, but a clear and clever
sketch of society in Calcutta. The writer has been trained in a good
school; there is an impress of truth throughout, which shows that the
author was drawing from nature, not from fancy.”--_Spectator._

“We conscientiously and heartily recommend this very superior work to
the notice of the public. It is a delightful Indian companion to the
Don Quixote of Spain, the Gil Blas of France, and the Hajji Baba of
Persia; and quite equal to them all.”

“This work is second to none in graphic powers. The Baboo himself
is a perfect study. It is founded on facts, and true to nature; and
altogether a work of no common order.”--_Metropolitan._

                       *     *     *     *     *

                            IN PREPARATION,

                               THE GIFT;
             A CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR’S PRESENT, FOR 1836.

        Edited by MISS LESLIE, author of “PENCIL SKETCHES,” &c.

The publishers have the promise of articles from many of the most
popular authors of the day. The ILLUSTRATIONS are in the hands of some
of the most eminent engravers, and no expense will be spared to render
the work in every respect equal to the foreign productions of the same
class.

                       *     *     *     *     *

                         In Two Volumes, 12mo.

                                MAKANNA;
                      OR, THE LAND OF THE SAVAGE.

“One of the most interesting and graphic romances it has been our lot
to read for many a year.”--_Athenæum._

“There was yet an untrodden land for the writer of fiction, and the
author of ‘Makanna’ is its discoverer.”--_Atlas._

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

Tough yarns, vol. 2 (of 2) : $b A series of naval tales and sketches to please all hands, from the swabs on the shoulders down to the swabs in the head

Tough yarns, vol. 2 (of 2) : $b A series of naval tales and sketches to please all hands, from the swabs on the shoulders down to the swabs in the head

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